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In New Jersey, the age of consent for sexual conduct is 16 years old. This applies to both heterosexual and homosexual conduct. As a general matter, this means that a person who is 16 years old can generally consent to have sex with any adult, regardless of age. It is not illegal for her to have sexual relations with you if she voluntarily consents.

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what if we have sex, she gets mad at me and runs to the cops about us having sex? when it comes to consent do i need to write a contract (i am not trying to write a contract but i will if i have to) but is there anything i can do to ensure she wont do something crazy just to get back at me and then it will be her word against mine.

The age of consent in New Jersey is 16. She is 16. That means she can voluntarily agree to have sex with you. You don't need to write a contract. There's no way to guarantee that she wouldn't run to the police and say you had sex with her against her will, but she could just as easily do that at 18 or 25, too. There's really no way for you to protect yourself against that. Anyone can make an accusation.

It would be foolish of her to do so anyway -the first thing that police would look for is evidence of non-consensual sex (e..g, bruises, internal injury, etc). That wouldn't be evident in such a case, and then she'd find herself arrested and charged with filing a false police report.

If you're not comfortable with having sex with her (and lets be honest, 16 year olds are not the most mature people in the world), or fearful that she might have regrets and run to the police and make up a story that you sexually assaulted her, then wait. There's nothing that says you have to have sex with her just because you legally can.

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